Costa Rican aircraft with cocaine aboard found abandoned in Nicaragua after apparent crash
A Costa Rican aircraft, tail number TI-ATR, was found abandoned in a canal Wednesday near the small village of Los Lirios near Puerto Morazán in Nicaragua, with a load of…
Canadian tourist dies in Costa Rica’s Juan Santamaria Airport
A 67-year-old Canadian tourist whose identity was identity was not immediately released, died shortly before 4:30 p.m. inside Costa Rica’s Juan Santamaria International Airport (SJO) on Tuesday.…
Well-known Costa Rica businessman hosted party for El Chapo son, ex-wife at La Fortuna hotel: report
Costa Rican businessman and hotelier Alberto Rodriguez Baldi, who made headlines in 2013 when former Costa Rican president Laura Chinchilla sued the businessman for criminal defamation over a Facebook post…
Despite controversy, Costa Rica’s women’s-only bank, Banca Kristal gained thousands of customers in first month
Costa Rica’s controversial women’s-only bank, Banca Kristal, says it attracted nearly 10,000 new customers in December, its first month in operation.…
Luxury home tax deadline is Friday; new penalty of up to 150 percent imposed
The annual tax on “luxury” homes, known as the Solidarity Tax, must be paid by Friday, January 15th to avoid penalties and interest, including a new penalty this year for…
Two US men died in separate road accidents on Saturday
Two men from the United States were killed over the weekend in separate road accidents, both occurring Saturday afternoon.…
27 Cubans arrive on Honduras coast thinking they reached Costa Rica
A group of 27 Cuban migrants came to shore in Honduras on Sunday after being adrift at sea for several days and thought they had reached Costa Rica, where thousands…
Mexico recaptures drug lord ‘Chapo’ Guzman, president says
Mexico has recaptured the world's most notorious drug lord Joaquin "El Chapo" Guzman six months after he brazenly broke out of a maximum security prison through a mile-long tunnel, President…
